Taken Back

First Kiss

"Get on the ground! Now!" I held my gun and pointed it at the criminals. They looked at me like i was stupid. "I said get down!" They lay on the floor. And look at me with sadness. One man in red said, "please don't shoot us! My wife is dying and i don't have the money."

I put my gun away. I picked up the one who spoke and looked at Pam, my co-sheriff. "Take these two to our lock room. I will do questioning on both of them once i get there." She took the men carefully. "Right away!"

I picked up my jacket and walked out of the hotel room. Outside were these beautiful flowers, and gardens!

   Not a great way to begin my story...but it's how I remember myself. Like how I fell in love with my husband and my kids. I have two kids. Madison and James. Madison is 5 and James is 12. I had cancer when James was 5 and felt like pregnancy wasn't smart when sick with cancer. My daughter is currently suffering from cancer. My son is into soccer and baseball. He plays baseball every summer on the team called Thunderbirds. He's been playing since he was 4. I love my babies! My husband, Daniel Kunal, is from Russia. He and I met when I was in Greece for my brothers wedding.

  Daniel and I met on the hills of Gravier and the mountains are a sensation to the bones. The wind is blowing your way and only you can fight against the wind with love. I spotted Daniel towards the west side of Gravier. He was walking his chocolate lab. Who died after a few weeks of meeting. We always hung out. Daniel and I couldn't stand being away. Until he kissed me...his gentle touch on my face...his lips touch mine and bring happiness and joy to my pleasures. Until his dad about shot me for being around him.

  I went back to New York, where I currently live, and stayed in my apartment building for days without talking to anyone. Until I heard a knock on my door and saw Daniel with roses and a suit on. He said to me, "I love you with more than I can show you. Please remain as mine." Oh my that brought tears to my eyes...pouring down my face...he touched me and said, "don't cry for I am here my love! I'm not going anywhere unless you are by my side." Oh god more tears! I cried out and held his hand that was touching my cheek, "Daniel you saved me! I love you too!" He cried so happily it made me smile, then he kissed me and whispered, "forever baby!"

  Now back to my family me and him have been married for 19 years! I have a brother, Richard and his wife, Bailey. Our parents died at age 50. They both died from a drunk driver. My brother is sterile. He can't make children, so his wife is trying to adopt a baby, but it's a lot of work! My son calls it, "Baby not born". I'm not sure why but he does.

  My name is Amber and I am a sheriff in New York and a wife and mother and a sibling. I'm most importantly a friend.

  I head to my office and check my desk for any papers on the men who tried robbing the bank earlier today, I head inside the gate and see Pam. She said to me, "Well the guy in red seems to be honest but the guy in black seems to be hiding something."  I sighed deeply while reading the files. "Okay take the guy in red and run a polygraph test on him. I'll question this other guy." She got serious. "Right away!"

I went inside of the room and shut the door. I smiled at the man who looked too pissed for words. "Would you like anything to drink or eat?" I sat down. He choked. "Fuck you! I'm not a bad person so fuck off!" I laughed. "This will be fun!" I went through the files and looked at his information. "So Miguel Flores I'm Sheriff Kunal and I think we got things to discuss like oh, why help someone rob a bank?" He sat there reading my face. "I don't need to tell you anything!" I sighed. "Okay you can either tell me why you did it or spend 50+ years in prison! Your choice!" He sighed and adjusted himself into the seat. "Okay he's a friend. His wife needs the money and he got fired and I don't have enough to help pay. We asked for a loan and the banker told us to fuck off and leave them alone and I gave them the reason and they told me to shut up and leave and my buddy pulled out his gun which I didn't know he had, and made the lady give up $1,000,000 and then boom you came! Anymore shit you want to know woman?" I sighed. "I'm going to need you to take a polygraph test. I don't know if you are lying or not. So I will have Doctor William take you in for testing. See you later!" I got up and walked out of the room.

I saw Pam and the doc in the hallway. I gave the doc the files. "Test him and make sure my results from his verbals is true. Pam did you test the man?" She sighed. "Yes but I'm afraid he said that he can't explain anything without a lawyer. He's calling his lawyer as we speak. Did you question the other guy?"

I laughed with sweat. "Yeah but he said that his buddy pulled out the gun and didn't know he had it."

Pam itched her head...full of question. "I am really not feeling this. How could a friend make you go to the back to get money and then pull out a gun and make you take the blame? Doesn't sound like a friendship matter to me!"

I went back into my office. I sat down and typed. Pam sat down in my comfy chair. I typed out "Investigation of the Wilson Bank Robbery " . "I have a feeling that Miguel in the black jacket, was set up! Because if he didn't know his friend had a gun and made him go to the bank, then it was a set up. I'm going to have to meet the wife and find out."

Pam sat up. "Are you crazy? We don't have the right record right now! She could lie to you as well! Wait for the doc and then go to the wife of you still need to."

I got up and went into the file cabinet. "I know you are worried about this. But I need the answers now and not tomorrow. I'm going now!" I grabbed my purse and locked my door and headed to the entrance. Gabby, the secretary, said to me, "the doc said to meet the wife and then get any information about the husband. Also your husband called he said that dinner is still on for tonight if you can make it also your son has a baseball game tomorrow night at 6 and your brother called saying that he is coming here to tell you big news." I smiled at her and held her left hand. "Thanks I'll call my husband my brother and I will go question the wife. Cancel my meeting for later I will make it to dinner and I don't work tomorrow I have to get my daughter to get her treatment done. So I'll do the questions and I will call you and make you write down the information I get." I walked away and got into the taxi. The woman was wearing a slutty outfit. She looked back at me. "So where to ma'am?" I sighed, so heavily she looked at me like I was dying. "To the Flores residence on 418th and Q." She smiled. "Right away." We got to the huge house! It was large! I get out and walk to the door. I ring the bell and hear yelling. I see a woman coming. She opened the door. "Hey can I help you?" I smiled and showed my badge. "Hi I'm Sheriff Kunal are you married to a man who robbed the bank earlier today?" She smiled and chewed her gum. "Yeah that piece of shit come in! Sit down and get comfy my boys are just going to need to be yelled at one second!" "Stop playing the damn games and go outside!!!" She came back in the room. She sat down. "I'm sorry my boys are just like their father. So not to be rude but why are you here?" I set down my purse. "Your husband robbed the bank and took his friend with him and pulled out a gun and demanded money because of needing to pay for something that has to do with you. Know about it?" She sighed and chewed her gum. "Well, sorta like I mean I've been going through a lot of shit these days. My husband and I are fighting over random shit and I fucked his best friend who went with him. I am pregnant with his friends kid and he got mad and said I will regret it. I want to divorce him but he said that I can't leave or something bad will happen." I wrote down the things she said, "and how long have you been married?" She sighed. "Fuck I have to think...I think about 6 years. He cheated on me before he proposed but I married him because he got me pregnant and wanted me to pay child support. It's fucked up I tell ya girl he is messed up!" I sighed. "And your kids are they safe? And do you try to escape from him?" She started crying. "They are twins and I love them so much and I hate seeing them run away from their own dad because he's a fucking idiot. He is hardly home, he drinks, he does drugs, he said things to get out of shit..." I interrupted. "I'm sorry to do this but did he make up the story about getting money for you? And did his friend lie about not knowing that your husband had the gun?" She laughed. "Oh sweetie, Miguel knew the plan, they planned to rob it and have a gun...no it wasn't for me I don't need shit from a player! So yes it's all a lie! I have proof in his den he has the whole thing down...he is using the money for a man who tried to kill him. I don't know everything and I try not to know because I don't want to be a part of his shit. Sorry." I got up. "Thank you it's all I need. May you send me a copy of his list? So I can see what he is doing?" She smiled and chewed her gum. "Oh of course! Do you want everything or just a part of it?" I smiled, "everything...thank you!" She smiled. "Oh no problems! It's your job!"

That was it! He lied! Or did she?